Typical steps in a NEO implementation

Typical steps in aNEO implementation

Typical steps in a NEO implementation

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The first step in an LMS implementation is to gather as much knowledge as possible about

the school’s needs and goals. Each institution has individual needs and those needs should be

transferred into the LMS features.

You need to know what you want to achieve with the LMS, whether it’s creating classes, assigning

and submitting homework, taking assessments, collaborating with classmates, and analyzing

results. Then decide who will lead the implementation, who will administer the LMS, who will

take care of creating or importing the content in the new LMS, and so on.

We recommend clients to sign up for our 14-day free trial to get some hands-on experience with

our sample content, before going into the LMS implementation. Our platform is designed to

ensure an easy implementation. Most customers are able to configure and customize their site

with their site within a few hours, not months. Our support staff is always ready to help with any

concerns and web design consulting if needed. Below you will find the typical steps in a NEO

implementation.

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Typical steps in a NEO implementation

Customizing your site

This includes customizing your site with your own logo, color scheme, URL, portal images,

panels, and social media icons. If required, our web design consultants can help you with your

selection of color scheme, creating transparent logos, creating images for your class catalog,

and any custom CSS that you might need. Based on the amount of customization required, this

phase can last anywhere from 1 hour to 1 week.

Creating accounts for administrators and teachers

This is usually easily done using our web form option for creating accounts. We also support

many other kinds of account creation, such as API, LDAP, email invitations, or bulk import.

Creating classes

Each class could take from 1 day to 1 week to complete, depending on its complexity. You would

start migrating some of your existing content to our site, as well as creating any additional

content you need. We have instructional designers who can work with your team on this phase,

offering suggestions, porting content, or helping you to create new content as needed. We

recommend starting with creating just a single class, and then applying lessons learned from

the first class to subsequent classes.

1 hour

20 minutes

1 day

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We also recommend using our built-in support for learning outcomes if you want to map your

class to competencies, perform automatic coverage analysis, and track student progress based

on competencies. Here is a closer look at this phase:

Creating an outline of each class - This requires basic instructor skills and domain

knowledge in order to determine what the class will cover.

Creating competencies for each class (optional, but recommended) - You can create

your own competencies in NEO or upload your own, then tag class content with the

competencies it should be teaching and assessing.

Creating the materials for each lesson - This is the most time intensive part of

implementation, and depends on whether you want to upload your own content or create

new content. Our authoring tool makes it easy to create engaging lessons fast.

Creating the assignments for each class - All types of assignments can be created easily.

Comprehensive randomized quizzes that select from a question bank can take a little longer.

Beta testing the classes

This depends on the complexity of the class. You show

it to a small sample of users and then adjust it based

on their recommendations where possible.

1 day per class on average

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Creating the learning paths (optional)

Paths are classes that can have goals as sections, where each goal can represent another class

or a certificate. Adding a path is fairly easy, with just a few options to configure.

Configuring the class catalog

This simply requires selecting from several layout options. We recommend using attractive

pictures for each catalog category, which can easily be purchased from a stock photo site.

Configuring single-sign on (optional)

Single sign-on can be configured in just a few minutes if using G Suite SSO, Auth0 or Office 365.

If using LDAP/Active Directory it can take about an hour, as it requires knowledge of LDAP and

the ability to configure your LDAP system to be securely accessed by NEO. If you want to set up

custom SSO, then this requires developer skills in the language of the site you wish to integrate with.

Creating student accounts

If using a bulk upload. We also support many other kinds of account creation,

such as self sign-up, email invitations, API, LDAP, and purchasing a class

via our e-commerce system.

30 minutes per learning path

20 minutes

15 minutes

30 minutes

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Technical integration

We will work with your technical team to add any APIs and hooks that are necessary to integrate

our site with your on-premise system. This would normally take just a few days. At this point,

your site would be ready to go live and our technical support staff would be your point of contact

for ongoing assistance.

Ongoing Support

We provide 24/5 support via our electronic forum and phone support for emergencies. Our friendly

support staff typically respond to questions posted to our support forum within 15-30 minutes.

We have a comprehensive help center that includes topics organized by account type, one-click

access to our support forum, product news forum, suggestions area, how to videos, getting

started guides, and features roadmap. On request, We can also deliver online training or live

training on how to use our platform.

3-4 days

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NEO is very easy to implement and we hope these steps provide the guidance needed for

setting up your platform. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at

info@cypherlearning.com.

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